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Featured News | 18th January 2010

Notts Trio Retain England Places

Nottinghamshire trio Ryan Sidebottom, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann have been included in the 15-man One Day squad and a 16-man Test squad for the forthcoming England tour to UAE and Bangladesh which departs on February 13th.

The selectors have opted to rest Andrew Strauss from the tour and he will be replaced as Test and One-Day captain by the current vice-captain Alastair Cook. Paul Collingwood will lead the side in the two Twenty20 Internationals against Pakistan in UAE which precede the tour of Bangladesh.

Two uncapped players, the Yorkshire pace bowler Ajmal Shahzad and the Kent off-spinner James Tredwell, have won places in both squads while another uncapped player Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry has been included in the Test squad.

National Selector Geoff Miller said: “Andrew Strauss has provided outstanding leadership for the team in both forms of the game over the past 12 months and the selectors feel it is important that he takes a break ahead of an extremely busy programme of international cricket leading up to and including the Ashes series in Australia and the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011.

“Our decision to appoint Alastair Cook to the Test vice captaincy last year clearly demonstrated the belief that he has the potential to be a future England captain. Alastair will now have an opportunity to develop his leadership skills still further by leading the side in both forms of cricket in Bangladesh and I know that he is excited by the challenge and looking forward to working closely with Andy Flower.

“Paul Collingwood had an excellent tour of South Africa in all forms of cricket and he will continue to lead the side in the T20 format with the two T20 Internationals against the current World champions Pakistan providing excellent preparation for us ahead of the World T20 in the Caribbean.

“We are delighted to welcome Ajmal Shahzad to both squads for the first time. He enjoyed an excellent season with Yorkshire last year, made a strong impression while he was in South Africa with the EPP squad and is a bowler with the potential to make a real impact in international cricket.

“James Tredwell and Michael Carberry have also continued to impress the selectors over the course of the winter and we expect both players to make a strong challenge for inclusion in our starting line-up on the forthcoming tour. “